Memento

1. Vertigo

2. Double Identity

3. Memento

4. On & On

5. Friend for a Night

6. Mr. Torrance

7. Frantic

8. Something Physical

9. S.T.A.R.R.Z.

10. Armée des Ombres

11. Cha!

12. 16 MM

13. Noisy Man

14. Moonstruck

Memento,Booka Shade,Get Physical Music,Dance Music,Pop,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Love it! Different and Diverse BORING ARTWORK ! Only if you haven't heard them before... The best?

Memento: The Very Best Of Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Thousand Roads Into the Labyrinth Aion The Mirror Pool Spiritchaser ASIN: B000AYEIAY Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. Nierika
2. The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
3. Cantara
4. Carnival Is Over
5. Ariadne
6. Enigma of the Absolute
7. Lotus Eaters
8. In the Kingdom of Blind The One Eyed Are Kings
9. Sanvean
10. Yulunga
11. Song of the Sibyl
12. I Can See Now
13. American Dreaming
14. Host of Seraphim
15. How Fortunate the Man With None

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Dead Can Dance went down in acrimonious flames in 1998, but that didn't stop its founders, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, from getting together for a sold-out world tour in 2005. No new music has come out of the reunion yet, but in the meantime they've released a collection that encapsulates the wonder of this remarkable and influential group. Emerging on the 4AD label in the early 1980s, Dead Can Dance sounded like a gothic nun and troubadour lost in time. Gerrard was the impassioned locus, singing in a transcultural vocalise that tapped into the spirit of Middle Eastern, Bulgarian, and Gregorian styles. She chants a dark meditation on the 16th century hymn "Song of the Sibyl" and a wailing enraptured delirium on "Cantara," and brings the spirit of Hildegard von Bingen into an ecstatic tribal trance on "Yulunga." But Gerrard was only one side of DCD. In a Jim Morrison-meets-Sinatra croon, Brendan Perry intoned lyrics of portent and loss. Transglobal instruments, gothic ambience, and Perry's love of American folk merged in their music. Although there's nothing new here and no tracks appear from their first album, Memento serves as a nearly perfect introduction to an influential band that still draws a fervent audience. Apparently the dead still can dance. --John Diliberto

Album Description

Cofounded in Australia in the early '80s by Irish punk bassist/singer Brendan Perry and Australian vocalist Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance transplanted to London in 1982 and quickly became globally renowned for their stylistically diverse and groundbreaking music as well as their incredible live shows. Fusing atmospheric, ambient pop, spiritual undertones, and alt-electronica with world beats and European folk-both contemporary and centuries old-their string of album masterpieces kicked off in 1984 with a self-titled debut. After disbanding in '99, Perry went solo and Gerrard became a prominent film composer, celebrated for her Golden Globe winning score for Gladiator, among other works. Their cult following thrives, and Rhino's new compilation coincides with the band's reunion, their first together in many years.

Customer Reviews:

Love it!.......2007-06-24

I just don't see how anybody can write a bad review on this CD. This is the greatest hits of Dead Can Dance. The only people who would even dare write a bad review on DCD are people who have no buisness owning a greatest hits album by this band in the first place. Every song is magic. Every track is great. The production is excellent. The qaulity is perfect. The album is perfect. If you like melodic world music, or dark romantic music, than this is your shure thing. DCD also have a large goth following, but if goth isn't your thing don't let that sway you. This beautiful music and verry enchanting on every level.

Different and Diverse.......2007-03-24

This CD seems to be a good cross-cut of what Dead Can Dance was capable of doing. It seems to be a bit inconsistent although very nicely done. The group might have focused more on a particular style or theme of their other efforts. I realize this is a "best of" album, and so a few different genres were represented. I discovered the group accidentally just week ago while perusing Celtic CDs, including Patrick Cassidy. I took a step of faith and ordered this CD. I'm not disappointed one bit. I'll enjoy it for a long time to come. Oh, yeah, one thing, when the first track starts off, don't think your CD player is having a problem. The synthesized opening strains are for real. It kinda threw me off at first, but it culminates into a great piece. Sit back, relax, and enjoy it.

BORING ARTWORK !.......2006-12-12

These songs are great and I agree with Rene [See Below] but might these songs be remastered, cus they sound Terrific. A good cd for beginners or even the previous comp "A Passage in Time". I got this cd cus it was cheap at the closing of Tower Records. When I opened the cd, I noticed the insert had a couple of pages. BUT NO PHOTOS OF THE BAND :(
I would've at least put a photos going thru their different musical eras or live shots or something. This cd has pretty much every album represented except for Their 1st Album "Dead Can Dance and Ep "Garden of the Arcane Delights", which is a shame because I would've loved to hear them remastered.

-1 star out of 5 for boring artwork!

Only if you haven't heard them before..........2006-06-05

This is simply another collection of songs from previous works and if you have not heard this wonderful group before, then dive in by all means. Established fans will know that this is just another marketing ploy to squeeze some more buck$ out. Personally, I would recommend the live "Toward the Within" CD as a good overview, if only because the live feel of the sound gives it a greater immediacy.

The best?.......2006-03-22

I would have to say that it is somewhat impossible to impose this is the very best of dead can dance on us. With so many albums and solo projects between them and previous compilation releases how can you finger just these 12 or 14 songs as "the very best". Comming from a true fan this is rediculous at best.

As far as endorsing a compliation, I cant and I wont. I see it as a ploy by the industry to squeeze out a few more dollars. Your better off making your own complilation on mp3 at least you can fit more songs.

Average customer rating: Awesomeness! Wonderful

Memento Mori The Bastard Fairies Manufacturer: Adrenaline Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Is Is Back to Black Portishead At My Age Dummy ASIN: B000NQR7P2 Release Date: 2007-04-10

Tracks:

1. The Greatest Love Song
2. Apple Pie
3. Habitual Inmate
4. The Boy Next Door
5. Ode To The Prostitute
6. A Case Against Love
7. We're All Going To Hell
8. A Venomous Tale
9. Everyone Has A Secret
10. Maybe She Likes It
11. Guns And Dolls
12. Moribund
13. Exoskeleton
14. A Heathens Lament
15. Whatever
16. Memento Mori
17. Ten Little Indians

Album Description

The Bastard Fairies could be termed an oxymoron. If this is the case, then their music is most definitely oxymoronic. Naughty but nice, sweet and sour, beautifully macabre, wonderfully morose. Like a baby with a razor blade, it'll hug you then cut you with no warning. Lead singer, Yellow Thunder Woman, fiercely intelligent and clearly disturbed is that baby, assigned to take you through the many trials of life and understand that, no matter who you are, or where you've come from, we are all screwed up and twisted and each of us is a bastard fairy in our own little way. The band has become a Myspace and YouTube favorite with their song "We're All Going To Hell".

Customer Reviews:

Awesomeness!.......2007-04-19

i just describe the awesomeness of this cd! and, ok, the music may not be appropriate for all ages, but so what? the lyrics are well written and tastefull. I cant even pick a favorite song, they are all so incredable! I definately reccomend listening to this.

Wonderful.......2007-04-15

I first downloaded the free album they had on their site and it blew me away. I haven't bought a CD in 10 years but I just had to buy this when it came out. Yellow Thunder Woman has such sweet yet seductive voice. I highly recommend this to anyone sick of the corporate trash on the airwaves these days. Support Independent Artists.

Average customer rating: A nice overview of Caruso's legacy Unearthly If You Only Buy One Caruso . . .

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Tracks:

1. Act II: Amor Ti Vieta
2. Act II: Che Gelinda Manina
3. Act III: Salut Demeure Chaste Et Pure
4. Act III: Di Quella Pira
5. Act IV: Spirto Gentil, Ne' Sogni Miei (Romanza)
6. Act III: Solenne In Quest'Ora
7. Act IV: Mi Batte Il Cor...O Paradiso!
8. Act I: Un Di All'Azzurro Spazio (Improvviso)
9. Recitar!... Vesti La Giubba
10. Act I: Questa O Quella
11. Act IV: La Donna E Mobile
12. Act III: Ah Si, Ben Mio
13. Act I: Celeste Aida
14. Act I: Recondita Armonia
15. Act III: E Lucevan Le Stelle
16. Act III: Della Natal Sua Terra Il Padre... O Tu Che In Seno Agl' Angeli
17. Act II: Magiche Note
18. Act II: La Fleur Que Tu M'Avais Jetee
19. Act I: Ah, Qual Soave Vision...Bianca Al Par Di Neve
20. Act II: Cielo E Mar
21. Act II: Nell'Ore Arcane Della Sua Lussuria... Ora E Per Sempre Addio
22. Un Ballo In Maschera: Act I: Di' Tu Se Fedele
23. Act II: Una Furtiva Lagrima

Tracks:

1. Act III: Je Suis Seul... Ah, Uyez, Douce Image
2. Act II: Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento? (Sextett)
3. Act I: O Soave Fanciulla
4. Act III: Ella Mi Fu Rapita!...Parmi Veder Le Lagrime
5. Act I: Donna Non Vidi Mai
6. Cujus Animam
7. Act II: Oh! Mostruosa Colpa!... Si, Pel Ciel
8. Act I: Libiamo, Libiamo (Brindisi)
9. Ingemisco
10. Act II: Faiblesse De La Race Humaine!... Inspirez-Moi, Race Divine
11. Act III: Ah! Tout Est Bien Fini!... O Souverain, O Juge, O Pere!
12. Act IV: O Figli, O Figli Miei... Ah, La Paterna Mano
13. Act II: Pour Moi Ce Jour Est Tout Mystere
14. Act I: A Cette Voix Quel Trouble...Je Crois Entendre Encore
15. Act IV: Bella Figlia Dell'Amore (Quartett) - Giuseppe De Luca
16. Act II: Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento? (Sextett) - Amelita Galli-Curci
17. Act I: Frondi Tenere E Belle...Ombra Mai Fu (Largo)
18. Act I: Studenti! Udite!
19. Crucifixus

Customer Reviews:

A nice overview of Caruso's legacy.......2007-01-04

Enrico Caruso was one of the first "media stars," with his recordings selling widely in the early twentieth century; he helped popularize the recording industry. He was one of the leading tenors of his day, and is regarded as one of the tops of the twentieth century (although he began serious singing in the late 19th century).

This CD features some of his "greatest hits," among which are his well reputed version of "Vesti la giubba" (from I Pagliacci, one of his signature operas); arias from Verdi's Rigoletto, including the bold "Questa o quella" and "La donna e mobile"; some of his most popular recordings from Puccini, including "E lucevan le stelle," "Recondita armonia," and "Che gelida manina." Nice additions to the CD are wonderful ensemble pieces, such as the sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor (including the voice of Luisa Tetrazzini) and the quartet from Rigoletto (with Amelita Galli-Curci).

Interesting tidbits include his first recording, from 1902, and his last, from 1920.

All in all, this is a very nice representation of his work. I'm not sure that it compares with the old LP (with him in clown outfit) that includes Rossini's nearly unsingable "La danza," among other items. But it is a terrific introduction to the art of Caruso. Anyone who has not listened to this tenor's works before would be well advised to use this as their entree to his oeuvre.

Unearthly.......2002-12-23

Forget toiling for a BMW, enjoy finer things in life.One of my personal favorites is ''Le pecheurs de perles'', but the offer is overwhelming.

If You Only Buy One Caruso . . ........2001-01-03

let this be it! Wonderful, generous selection of his singles for Victor, most of them solos, but a few duets, quartets, quintets, and a sextet. The accompanying booklet makes a great deal of including his first and last recordings, but by far the most important here is Caruso's 1907 recording of Vesti la giubba, the first classical recording to sell over a million copies in the United States. If you listen to it, you'll know why--it's every bit as melodramatic as the minstrel show singles with which it shared the top of the early twentieth-century charts.

Average customer rating: For fans of fusion and erotic funk Where's the soul?? "produced by st. germain" caught my eye...

Memento Soel Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: From Detroit to St. Germain Real Music for Real People Boulevard: New Version: The Complete Series Tourist Bebel Gilberto ASIN: B0002ABUEI Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

1. Le Vicomte
2. Shining Pains
3. My Singing Soul
4. Prelude
5. Black Women
6. The Earth Mother
7. To This World
8. The Way U R
9. We Have Died Already

Album Description

Soel is Pascal Ohse, trumpeter extraordinaire for Ludovic Navarre of St Germain fame, and Memento is the St Germain - produced debut album for this contemporary jazz genre-buster. Mixing jazz, funk, soul, hip hop, house, dub, electro and a world vibe, all influenced by '70s film noir, Memento offers chill-out sensuality in a time of sound and fury for the legions of fans who took St Germain's landmark album Boulevard to #1 Con- temporary Jazz and Tourist to the Top 20.

Customer Reviews:

For fans of fusion and erotic funk.......2007-01-06

This album involves various styles, but most of the tracks are a blend of 70s-everything. Tracks 3 and 5 are perfect for intimate moments with another human being. Highly emotional atmospheres!

Where's the soul??.......2005-11-10

Why did I bother with this CD? It's truly hard to sit through even if you're just looking for background music. Monotonous and trite, each track, built on programmed beats, is more empty than the next. I've heard it all before. The last track finally gives us a glimmer of originality , but its too little too late.

"produced by st. germain" caught my eye..........2005-03-01

first off, this isnt 'genre-busting'... i dont know where i'd go to classify this, but it's earthy, full and rich... very layered and has a lovingly nappy texture. organic.

if i still believed in 'neo-soul' then i'd say that this would either be 'the origin of it' or the 'elevation' to it... guess that jus makes it 'soulful'... not as 'jazz heavy' as what you might expect coming from the st. germaine camp...
ummmmm, soel's album is comparable to archie shepp's 'attica blues'... contemporary to groups such as fertile ground, the pharaohs (extinct early 70's souljazz group/the roots of earth, wind and fire), gil scott-heron, alice coltrane...
or imagine if cinematic orchestra, roy ayers, isaac hayes , george clinton and fela kuti all came together to create an album...

...yeah, that might define it for me...

i buy 5 to 8 cds a month, at least, and this will go down as one of my top ten purchases for 2005... a great weekend album to lounge around with cultured friends.

peace yall,
dirtyboy.

Average customer rating: What's Essential About This? Pros and Cons.. Love Morricone, hate this collection Essential Morricone Another Morriconne Collection

Crime and Dissonance Manufacturer: Ipecac Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Italy | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone Crazy Price Ennio Morricone: The Thriller Collection Moonchild Tango Saloon ASIN: B000AA4LLO Release Date: 2005-11-29

Tracks:

1. Girono Di Notte
2. Astratto 3
3. Corsa Sui Tetti
4. Ric Happenning
5. Memento Riereazione Diverdita
6. Studio Di Colore
7. Forza G
8. Placcaggio
9. Seuita
10. Postludio Alla Terza Moglia
11. L'uccello Dalle Piume
12. II Buio
13. Raprimento In Campo Aperto
14. De Fotografie
15. Bambola
16. Minna Nanna Per adulteri
17. Astrazione

Tracks:

1. Trafelato
2. Sensi
3. Gil Intoccabili
4. Fondante Paure
5. L'Attento - Version 1
6. Fumerie' d'Opium
7. 1970
8. Esplicitamente Sospeso
9. Squenz 10
10. Paura e Aggrellione
11. Folle Folle
12. Un Uomo Da Rispettare

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Finally, the listening public is treated to a Morricone compilation that focuses on his more daring, outre, and lesser known score music. Nothing against his better-known spaghetti western soundtrack work; there is a reason after all that stuff is so well known, because it's fantastic and wholly original. But did you know the dude scored more films than any other composer (over 500), that his discography is twice that of Sun Ra, that he made amazing psychedelia and crazy funk and subtle experimental music? Assembled by the brilliant musician/ musical curator Alan Bishop for Mike Patton's Ipecac label with liner notes by John Zorn, the aptly titled Crime and Dissonance is culled from extremely rare releases from the early `70s. It's strange stuff, but very enjoyable and easily among the finest and most necessary reissues of the entire year. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

What's Essential About This?.......2007-04-21

A sticker on the jewel case proclaims Crime and Dissonance "an absolutely essential Morriconography". A couple of listens had me wondering what is so essential about this? Unfortunately, essential is an abused term when it comes to describing music. This might be said to be essential if you are a Morricone completeist, but when you compare the quality of the music here with that of some of his other compositions, you'll find that Crime and Dissonance is rather easily dispensible.
Is the music here unusual? Quite. But the question must be asked why anyone would sit around and just listen to it. This stuff belongs in a movie. Unlike many other Morricone compositions, the pieces here do not fit with any kind of mood you might have except that generated while you are watching a film.
I know a lot of folks with broad musical tastes, but I don't know of anyone who would listen to this CD just for pleasure or even for background music unless one was operating a commercial haunted house or having some kind of themed party. There's too much other better Morricone music out there!
I like Ennio Morricone and I am sure these pieces fit in the contexts for which they were intended, but I could have gone on quite happily without ever having heard Crime and Dissonance.

Pros and Cons.........2006-03-10

Pros:
Ennio Morricone was a terrific experimental composer. This music is Wierd.

Cons:
Kind of wierd combination of songs.. a lot of them don't feel like they should be on the same album.

Love Morricone, hate this collection.......2006-01-08

It's as if they took the most obnoxious parts they could find, and memorialized them.

Morricone is the master. But this collection misrepresents his genius.

I guess the Dissonance part in the title excuses all.

Essential Morricone.......2005-12-20

Crime and Dissonance is by far the best collection of Ennio Morricone's film music on the market. Primarily, because it focuses exclusively on a phase of Morricone's career that's largely been ignored (until now). This 2 disc collection contains some of Morricone's most startling, dark, spooky and adventurous music. Composed largely for obscure Italian horror movies and crime dramas, the music contained here is quite innovative for its time. Filled with almost avant jazz and psychedelic sounds, this is a great listen. The excellent tracklisting ignores chronology in favor of a thematic flow, and it works. This two disc set along with one of the many fine Morricone Western score collections is essential for any good music library. The man was far more than just a film composer, as this disc proves. Excellent.

Another Morriconne Collection.......2005-12-14

This compilation is gifted with lush photographs that depict the films they represent. However, not only are there far more vibrant Morriconne compilations available but the majority of these "rare" tracks already exist on other compilations. I love and treasure anything by Morriconne but, this compilation seems inappropriate especially with the Thriller Collection available (which mirrors this compilation in selections and tone). Out of the Argento/Morriconne collection, main titles compilations, and miscellaneous other soundtracks this one ranks among Wolf at a groveling beautiful suspensful mediocrity. But, when mediocore is written in the same sentence as Morriconne; one can only expect it to be the most heavenly kind of medicore.

Average customer rating: Brilliant Recordings A- for effort What can you say?

Psalms of David Complete Choir of St Paul's Cathedral , and Scott Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Psalms of David from Kings Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, Vol. 1 Psalms For The Soul Treasures of English Church Music The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey Praise to the Lord - Hymns From St. Paul's Cathedral ASIN: B00006GO6J Release Date: 2002-10-08

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This complete 12-disc survey of The Psalms of David from St. Paul's Cathedral is both a remarkable historical record of Anglican chant at its finest and an astonishing musical experience. Contained here are all 150 psalms in their traditional English garb from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, with revised or entirely new musical settings as published in The New St. Paul's Cathedral Psalter, edited by the choir's musical director John Scott, itself a revision of the 1875 Cathedral Psalter. As such, these recordings represent the very backbone of the Anglican liturgy, but even a casual listener will be in no doubt that they also offer music that is both contemplative and richly varied when removed from its liturgical context.

The art of "pointing"--or setting--psalm texts has been essayed by many English composers, from William Croft through the Wesleys and William Boyce in earlier times to the great flowering in the late 19th century under Stainer and Barnby, with further contributions from Parry, Stanford, Elgar, Howells, and a host of choirmasters and organists, including Sir David Willcocks and John Scott himself. All are represented here. Recorded throughout in the vast acoustic of their cathedral, the St. Paul's choristers enunciate the words precisely, backed by inventive though unobtrusive organ accompaniment. Taken individually, it's possible to isolate moments when the choir seem to drag their feet or fail to give due weight to the words (Psalm 125, "They that put their trust in the Lord," seems far too subdued, for example), and the massive Psalm 119 is awkwardly split across discs 10 and 11, but overall this set is nothing less than a document of invaluable cultural and musical significance. --Mark Walker

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant Recordings.......2007-06-11

In our view the changes in pointing, and excellent selection of chants, give deeper meanings to the Psalms than those achieved in the "standard?" Parish Psalter.

We found great Spirituality and a wonderful sense of Worship whilst listening to this set. This is often sacrificed for brilliance of musical performance in other recordings.

Unfortunately the "St.Paul's Psalter" is not available (June 2007) but we are told that a new print run may happen within 12 months. This would be a most valuable companion to the recordings when and if it becomes available.

A- for effort.......2006-02-23

This grand undertaking deserves high praise, and I'm struck, listening to chant after chant, how much Anglican chant as it used to be until the changes of the 70s was one of the great Victorian contributions to English life and art. For anyone who wants to hear almost the entire repertoire of Anglican chant deployed in singing the whole book of Psalms, this is an unrivalled source. It is wonderful, too, to hear the Coverdale translation: you realize what the churches have lost by abandoning the proper & regular singing of the Psalms. So one is immensely grateful to Hyperion for putting out this recording. It's not perfect, though.

The rhythmic pacing, though a little slow for my taste, is steady and sensitive, the diction clear, and the organ accompaniment superb (Providing an expressive accompaniment to a choir singing in 4-part free rhythm, and improvising descants to the melody at the same time, isn't easy). And of course there's the cavernous acoustic of St. Paul's, very impressive in the more thunderous psalms. Unfortunately, though, the "forward" style favored for the St. Paul's boys produces a sound that's unpleasantly chesty in the lower registers and reedy in the higher ones. The poorly integrated choral sound caused by this kind of voice-production can be downright unpleasant for anyone used to, or trained in, the classic English choral style. In fact, one has to wonder why this choir was chosen for such a huge project: even allowing for the near-universal decline in standards of vocal training for boys in England, better sounds than this can still be heard.

What can you say?.......2003-01-03

I almost hate to criticize this terrific thing. After all, where else can you get all 150 Psalms in a single collection sung by one of the world's great choirs?

How much do I like it? I bought it *twice*. I originally bought all the CDs separately, before they came out with a single boxed set. They were stolen from my car (and, God willing, maybe they converted some poor thief to Anglican Cathedral Music and got him into church). After they were stolen, I immediately bought them again.

One of the great pleasures of life is listening to the Morning and Evening Psalms while driving to and from work, and making listening a regular feature of Morning and Evening Prayer.

So what's the criticism? The sound is a bit muddy, so the words can be rather difficult to understand without reading along (which is a real problem when driving), and personally, I prefer the Psalter from the 1979 BCP instead of the old one, from the Great Bible. But that's unreasonable. They ARE a British choir after all. Those are the only criticisms.

Anyhow, if you have a taste for choral cathedral music, this is genuinely indispensible. St. Paul's has given the world a great blessing.

Average customer rating: Great album Here's where Memento went: Where are they? pretty decent An Amazing Album

Beginnings Memento Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Bitter Shovel Headspace Above the Noise Manmade God Reach 454 ASIN: B00008BXIJ Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

1. Nothing Sacred
2. Saviour
3. Beginnings
4. Shell
5. Abyss
6. Below
7. Reflections
8. Blister
9. Coming
10. Stare
11. Figure 8
12. Coming (Video)
13. Nothing Sacred (Video)

Customer Reviews:

Great album.......2007-07-27

I randomly picked this cd up a couple days back based on an amazon recommendation, and what a good one it was! I find it to be sort of like Live, though a bit harder on the guitar. A smooth album with good flow between all the tracks. A shame they only have one album, though definitely quality rock.

Here's where Memento went:.......2007-07-14

Memento have changed their name to Nine Times Bodyweight. You can hear new songs at www.myspace.com/ninetimesbodyweight. This cd is amazing, ranging from the heavy rock of Nothing Sacred, Abyss, and Coming, to the softer progressive Beginnings and Blister. A Great hard rock cd.

Where are they?.......2006-11-25

All I can say is "who are these guys" and where have they gone? The cd came out in 2003, and I don't see any other efforts from them? I bought this cd on a whim, and I must say I can't stop listening to it! Please don't tell me that they broke up. How can a band this talented only put out 1 cd? Like Future leaders of the world, put out 1 great cd and break up? This is an awesome cd, and I highly recommend it! Very high quality music. Please Memento....put out another cd!

pretty decent.......2006-03-03

I think this cd is pretty good. If you think it is going to all be like "Nothing Sacred" it is not. Most of it is much better. It is a very emotional and unique sounding cd.

An Amazing Album.......2006-02-13

First of all i would like to say this is possibly the greatest rock album that i own. This album might not appeal to most people because not every song sounds the same... they are actually almost all different almost entirely. After hearing "nothing sacred" i figured that this band would be just like every other "rock" band out there untill i listened to the whole cd. You can not judge cd on it's first listen either. I actually listened to it once and then tossed it on the back seat of my car as i have done with most of my favorite bands. If you are going to listen to any song at all then listen to "figure 8" While it may be a 13 minute song and most people who enjoy todays "pop rock" don't even have the attention span to pay attention to anything for 13 minutes it is possibly one of the greatest songs i have ever heard. If you can not find the genius in this song then your favorite bands are probably staind, korn or chevelle (ok so i couldn't mock tensionexperiment's review with nonpoint seeing as how they are my second favorite band but i'm sure he doesn't understad their music either) If you like something new and different and you didn't think that nothing sacred was a "bad@$$ hard rock song" then take a closer look at this album, you'll be suprised

Average customer rating: Sometimes these things just don't work an enterprising collection of gems!

Memento Bittersweet Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Out of the Depths Kevin Oldham: Piano and Vocal Music ASIN: B000003EL5 Release Date: 1994-04-12

Tracks:

1. Tango Bittersweet - Fred Hersch
2. Concerto for Piano - Kevin Oldham
3. God Is Our Righteousness - Chris DeBlasio
4. Triad-O-Rama - Lee Gannon
5. Variations on "Amazing Grace" - Lee Gannon

Customer Reviews:

Sometimes these things just don't work.......2003-09-12

I found this CD to be rather disappointing. I bought it for Fred Hersch's "Tango Bittersweet," a cello/piano duet featuring Erik Friedlander, but also hoped that the rest of the CD would be worthwhile.

Well...

First off, Tango Bittersweet is amazing. It's a truly beautiful, haunting piece of music, that is brilliantly performed by Friedlander and Hersch.

Secondly, Chris DeBlasio's "God Is Our Righteousness" for guitar and organ is also quite a nice work. It has a very majestic and expansive quality about it that I think is nicely pulled off by both composer and performers.

"Triad-O-Rama" by Lee Gannon and "Variations on 'Amazing Grace'" by Lee Gannon and Calvin Hampton, respectively, are unfortunately throw away pieces. They're rather cliched and trite.

This leaves Kevin Oldham's Concerto for Piano, a track I found myself coming back to a bit. It's a bit of an uneven oddball. It has its fantastic moments, but is generally rather sophomoric. It sounds to me as though he didn't truly finish revising this work, due to this uneven nature. And this is extremely frustrating, as the music provides several glimpses of what this piece was capable of becoming. It's still worth hearing...though it is a fitful listen.

Overall, you probably should pick up this CD for, if nothing else, the Hersch composition. The rest of the CD has its moments, but its otherwise nothing to write home about. The cause that prompted the CD is great, no doubt, but the actual product leaves something to be desired.

an enterprising collection of gems!.......2003-05-09

This is a compilation of works composed ... The heart of the CD is the Oldham Piano Concerto, an uneven work with some very shallow, trite gestures in the outer movements balanced by a very poignant slow movement. The guitar and organ piece is a gem, as is the delightful wind instrument work. Performances and recording is exemplary...I believe this CD is out of print, so snatch it up if you can. All the works are quite listenable and even more bittersweet since their composers are no longer with us. A "must"!

Average customer rating: Reconsidering Nono like a wave of strength and light! Disc shows transition between Nono's early and late styles. Great music by a throughly neglected composer

Luigi Nono: Como una ola; Epitaffio No. 1; Epitaffio No. 3 Manufacturer: Berlin Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Nono | Nono, Luigi | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Luigi Nono: Choral Works Nono: Orchestral works & chamber music Luigi Nono: Complete Works for Solo Tape Feldman: String Quartet (1979) Rihm: Morphonie / Klangbeschreibung I - III ASIN: B0000035Q8 Release Date: 1994-09-20

Tracks:

1. Like A Wave Of Strength And Light - Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss/Guisoppe La Licata
2. Epitaffio No.1 'Spain In The Heart': I. Evening
3. Epitaffio No.1 'Spain In The Heart': II. War
4. Epitaffio No.1 'Spain In The Heart': III. Qasida Of The Rose
5. Epitaffio No.3 'Memento': Ballad Of The Spanish Civil Guard

Customer Reviews:

Reconsidering Nono.......2002-07-30

I have of course known of Luigi Nono for most of my life. His music was discussed in every book on twentieth century music to be written since the 60's. And yet I'm ashamed to say that I had never heard anything by Nono until I bought this CD recently. I didn't know what I'd been missing. Nono is far from a dessicated total serialist. Rather his music is passionate and revolutionary. And perhaps even a bit spiritual...though probably it's a Marxist spirituality.

como una ola de fuerza y luz is the monumental work on this disc. Scored for orchestra, tape and soprano soloist, the work is a sonic tour de force. It was written to morn the death of Luciano Cruz, a Chilean revolutionary whom Nono had befriended. The sonic world of the piece is based on recurrent low clusters in the orchestra, and a musique concrete tape based on distorted piano and human voices. The work is tragic and haunting.

The other works on this CD are from the 1950's, when Nono was first making his reputation. They are settings of Neruda and Lorca and meant as an epitaph to Lorca, murdered by Franco's followers during the Spainish Civil War. The works are uncompromising, and yet there is a profound lyricism in the music. This becomes most evident at the end of the Third Epitaffio as the music becomes a straightforward tonal version of a Spanish Civil War anthemn. The effect is very moving.

Performances are exemplary on this CD. Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss sings the monumentally difficult lines of como with real precision. And Roswitha Trexler and Werner Haseleu do a wonderful job on the equally difficult lines of the Epitaffio.

This CD has whetted my appetite for more music of this wonderful composer. He is vastly underrated.

like a wave of strength and light!.......2001-07-12

"como una ola de fuerza y luz" was written in 1971/1972 to commemorate the Chilean revolutionary, Luciano Cruz, of the MIR (Revolutionary Leftist Movement). This 30-minute piece, recorded in 1976 in Leipzig, is for soprano, piano and orchestra, accompanied by a tape recording of transformed piano sounds and human voices. The electronics are therefore simple, but powerfully effective, used at the end to evoke the continuing presence of the revolutionary spirit, and the utopian prospect. As noted, "como una ola" marked a transition toward Nono's more contemplative late (1980s) style. The two shorter works included here (written in 1952/3, recorded in 1977) are less innovative musically, but form a thematic whole, as they commemorate the (losing) democratic forces of the Spanish Civil War (set to verse from Garcia-Lorca and Neruda). From the dictators Franco and Pinochet, to such current anti-democratic forces as the World Trade Organization, the struggle continues...

Disc shows transition between Nono's early and late styles........1998-12-22

Memento (Epitafio No.3) is a good example of Nono's early style, based on Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra, with shouting chorus and a political text. Como una etc., composed in 1972, is rooted in this kind of music but also shows the transition into late Nono, full of erie, static sound, a sort of white on white effect. Dedicated to Luciano Cruz, a Chilean revolutionary and martyr, the work's title means "Like a wave of strength and light." Nono's musical interpretation of strength here consists in rumbling percussion and a piano smoldering away in its lower registers, while light becomes the electronically produced "space music" which the more violent music periodically gives way to, as if to a vision of another, more spiritual realm. Como una ola de fuerza y luz is certainly one of Nono's most powerful works, and may be one of the masterpieces of the century.

Great music by a throughly neglected composer.......1998-12-21

Frank Zappa once said that one of his band members wanted to turn your teen aged ears around. He must have had music like this in mind. Luigi Nono's music thoroughly engages the ear and mind in ways that the rock modernist could only hope for. His setting of texts by Lorca and Neruda are stunning and the performances on this disc are a revelation. Even in the short and simple third movement of the Epitafio #1 the poem and its setting create an entire world that would take Borges fifteen pages to suggest.

Average customer rating: La Rose Complete Beauty at its Best Castelnuovo-Tedesco:Romancero Gitano Delicious Phrasing, Luminous Sound Don't miss this one

Romancero Gitano Manufacturer: Rubeda Canis Musica ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lauridsen | Lauridsen, Morten | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thompson | Thompson, Randall | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Romantic Gypsy Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst and other choral works ASIN: B00000DFXQ Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

1. Romancero Gitano: I. Baladilla De Los Tres Rios
2. Romancero Gitano: II. La Guitarra
3. Romancero Gitano: III. Punal
4. Romancero Gitano: IV. Procesion - Paso - Saeta
5. Romancero Gitano: V. Memento
6. Romancero Gitano: VI. Baile
7. Romancero Gitano: VII. Crotalo
8. Les Chansons Des Roses: En Une Seule Fleur
9. Les Chansons Des Roses: Contre Qui, Rose
10. Les Chansons Des Roses: De Ton Reve Trop Plein
11. Les Chansons Des Roses: La Rose Complete
12. Les Chansons Des Roses: Dirait-On
13. Sure On This Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3
14. Three Elizabethan Madrigals: Weepe, O Mine Eyes
15. Three Elizabethan Madrigals: Like As The Culver On The Bared Bough
16. Three Elizabethan Madrigals: Go, Lovely Rose
17. Three Odes To Horace: Vitas Hinnuelo
18. Three Odes To Horace: Felices Ter
19. Three Odes To Horace: O Fons Bandusiae
20. Bitter Sweet

Customer Reviews:

La Rose Complete.......2000-04-19

Having sung one of the wonderfully crafted pieces on this CD ( La Rose Complete ) I would have to say this CD really can touch your heart and your soul. With my favorite being La Rose Complete, I can't say enough about it- the alto I and alto II part is something majestic, whereas the sopranoI and soprano II part can just blow you away, the tenors sound like distant angels and the bass part in this song is something else. I would recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys classy choir music with a twist a love.

Beauty at its Best.......2000-01-09

Being a lifelong fan of Rock-n-Roll and Rhythym and Blues, I was not expecting to hear classical music that would entirely impress me. THIS is the CD that has greatly changed my indifference towards real music! LA Chamber Singers have a real HIT on their hands! Never before have I heard a group so tightly woven with such beauty in their singing as the LACS. I am especially moved by the Morten Lauridsen 'Les Chansons des Roses'. With the foreplay of the first few songs leading to the climactic 'Dirait-on', I am drawn to tears every time I hear it! Oh, such aural beauty! This CD is a MUST for lovers of beautiful music.

Castelnuovo-Tedesco:Romancero Gitano.......2000-01-04

This CD is full of some of the best choral music I've heard in a long time. If I was forced to choose a favorite, it would be the Lauridsen, "Chansons des Roses". These pieces are performed with great finesse and careful attention to important details like diction, pitch, and dynamics. It is a difficult a capella set to sing, yet it is meticulously performed and is fascinating to hear over and over. The text is very romantic. Beautiful!

Delicious Phrasing, Luminous Sound.......2000-01-01

If you haven't heard the Los Angeles Chamber Singers, you are in for a treat. If you haven't heard this album you will enjoy the depth and variety of the selections. Alternately transcendant and ebullient, these very extraordinary voices float and soar, and the richess of their ensemble leaves me with an almost tactile sense of its luminosity. I was particularly moved by Morten Lauridsen's "Les Chansons des Roses."

Don't miss this one.......1999-12-31

I want to highly recommend this selection. If you haven't tried it you should. The music is exciting and cries out to be heard over and over again. Good listening!

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